Do you by law have to slow down for horses?

[Sam the Mut]

I always slow down for horses but when driving today, in the distance there was a group of people riding. so I slowed down to 5mph, turned the music off etc. They started waving their hands at me to stop so I oblige and ask what the prolem is. The snobby old woman says "They have a really nervous horses what doesn't like cars going past at any speed or with it's engine on." She then gets the hump at me and gives all the bullst about horses were around before cars ect, because I said Its not cleverest of idea have a horse like that on the road.


So do you have to slow down for horses by law?

Edited by Sam the Mut on Friday 1st July 16:27

[Sam the Mut]

I know one of group she was in the same class as me at school. Always going on about the bloody things, stunk of them to. we never really got on after I told her to add a bit of antifreeze to her horses water bowl to stop it freezing. The school tried to make me pay the vets bill, I refused. she added the bluestar without reading the lable.

[Sam the Mut]

AKACrimson said:

I'm not sure, I hate them though! We get a lot of horse riders on the b roads near where I live and they and cyclists who ride two abreast are my biggest fear, it's allways really disapointing that on a sunny day when I go out for a "spirited" drive I meet nothing but cyclists and horse riders.

I understand that we should all share the road, but I still fking hate it.

Incedently, has anyone ever hit a horse? (with car, not fists) I would imagine it would be really nasty for all involved.

I have seen pic's of a golf what hit a cow side on, the cow survived but the golf was a write off.

[Sam the Mut]

Carfiend said:

Don't they have courses for horses? Keep them off the road.

Maybe there are some that help build confidence so the horse won't be nervous?

but why should I have to stop and turn my engine off? if you were to do that kind of thing you would do it on private land.

[Sam the Mut]

This is unbelievable! just driven the same route picking my mum up from work I was dropping her off when it happend. So im driving along car in the distance and come over a hill and there 2 horse riders in the distance maybe 1/4 of a mile. There is a car infront (around 300 yards) slows but goes stright past them. I come, go to go past and she put her hand to stop ffs, but I stop anyway. She screams "turn your engine off this horse is scared!" I respond with the car infront drove stright past. I then recognize the other horse rider as the bh from school and put two and two together. (mum and daughter) I responded antifreeze solves scared horse. (not the best comeback I know) turn the car back on! rev the fk out it, and drop the clutch leaving a nice number 11 and you know what the fking horse didn't bat an eyelid!

[Sam the Mut]

iOversteer said:

Sam the Mut said:

I know one of group she was in the same class as me at school. Always going on about the bloody things, stunk of them to. we never really got on after I told her to add a bit of antifreeze to her horses water bowl to stop it freezing. The school tried to make me pay the vets bill, I refused. she added the bluestar without reading the lable.

Are you serious? No one can be that stupid

No joke, I got in a world of st almost got kick out of the school. She almost killed the poor thing putting premixed stright into the bowl.

[Sam the Mut]

ukwill said:

Sam the Mut said:

This is unbelievable! just driven the same route picking my mum up from work I
was dropping her off when it happend. So im driving along car in the distance and come over a hill and there 2 horse riders in the distance maybe 1/4 of a mile. There is a car infront (around 300 yards) slows but goes stright past them. I come, go to go past and she put her hand to stop ffs, but I stop anyway. She screams "turn your engine off this horse is scared!" I respond with the car infront drove stright past. I then recognize the other horse rider as the bh from school and put two and two together. (mum and daughter) I responded antifreeze solves scared horse. (not the best comeback I know) turn the car back on! rev the fk out it, and drop the clutch leaving a nice number 11 and you know what the fking horse didn't bat an eyelid!

Why would you try to deliberately spook the horse? Isn't that a bit stupid?

if I see them again on their horses I won't slow down at all! I will for any other rider

[Sam the Mut]

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